what sparked the balloon disaster? who were the 16 people killed when it caught fire and crashed in texas? >> also tonight, trump's new war of word with the muslim father of a fallen u.s. soldier. plus a new cbs poll shows a post-convention bounce for clinton. >> with a book and play out this weekend, the world is once again under harry potter's spell. >> three, two, one! >> what a parachute or wing suit, a daredevil takes a 25,000-foot leap into the history books. >> he's in! ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news.

welcome to the "cbs overnight news." we are learning more about the pilot of the hot air balloon that went up in flames and crashed in texas. there were 16 people on board and no survivors. it happened saturday morning in the town of maxwell, texas. 30 miles south of austin. >> reporter: 49-year-old skip nichols, the pie lot lot of the balloon. last year, nichols talked of how he got hooked on flying. >> are you going to be a pilot or a passenger and crew. there we go. taking off. steve brutniak shot the pictures two months ago riding with heart of texas. he said the pilot put safety first. >> how was he? was he passionate about it? >> the guy seemed really relaxed like he really enjoyed his job. he was constantly looking

around. he was definitely checking for power lines. >> reporter: investigators are gathering evidence that may explain what led to the worst hot air balloon accident in u.s. history. robert sumwalt with ntsb says they're examining the high voltage power lines. >> physical evidence to indicate the balloon or some component of the balloon hit the fires themselves and not the tower. >> it was like a big bonfire all of a sudden got going. and went up. margaret wily lives near the crash site. >> it is just -- horrendous. >> reporter: matt rowan and wife among the passengers according to his brother. rowan researched burn treatments for the u.s. army. a stepfather to his wife's 5-year-old son. the pilot's co-worker and roommate tells us that there were no children on board. elaine, investigators have not released the names of any of the victims. >> omar, thank you. with election day 100 days

away, a new cbs news battleground tracker poll out today shows hillary clinton got a bounce out of the democratic convention. she is back in the lead, now two points ahead of donald trump in 11 key battleground states. cbs news elections director, anthony salvanto is here with details. what its behind hillary clinton's bounce? >> she shored up her democratic base support. democrats on the fence about her. democrats coming out of the convention liked the way the convention talked of bernie sanders and his supporters. some evidence here that the rift on the convention floor a little bit last week is starting to heal. interestingly, elaine, there is very few people who are switching back and forth directly from hillary clinton to donald trump and vice versa. that underlines both how partisan this race is and just how few swing voters there really are. >> we know democrats wanted to strike a hopeful tone at their convention did that resonate? >> it did.

with democrats. more voters overall said they found the convention message hopeful than pessimistic. not all good news for democrats on that front. because voters told us they would look to have heard more about the economy, akobout chan in washington and terrorism. critical issues. another reason why the race remains soap tight. >> anthony, thank you so much. thank you. >> donald trump got tangled in a new war of word this weekend with the muslim father of a fallen u.s. soldier. errol barnett has the latest from washington. >> he is a black soul and this is totally unfit for the leadership of this beautiful country. >> reporter: speaking on cnn today, he resumed his criticism of donald trump. the muslim american father of the fallen army captain who received a bronze star and purple heart after being killed in iraq. khan bashed trump in a speech at democratic convention, challenging the republican

presidential candidate to read the constitution. >>-up have sac sacrificed nothi. >> when ask about khan's comments, trump disagreed. >> i think i made a lot of sacrifices. work very, very hard. created tens of thousand of jobs. built great structures. >> his answer was mocked online this weekend, #trumpsacrifices started trending. a pocket version of the u.s. constitution rose to best-seller status on amazon. today the fallen captain any mother responded in an op-ed in "the washington post." she wrote "donald trump has asked why i did not speak. because without saying a thing, all of the world, all america felt my pain. >> he had to take that shot at her. this is height of ignorance. >> reporter: today, hillary clinton weighed in. >> to have trump do what he did. i don't know where the bounds are. i don't know where the bottom

is. >> donald trump fired off several tweet tuesday, saying he was viciously attacked by mr. khan, adding, am i not allowed to respond? trump also acknowledged khan's son is a hero apparently hoping to end this war of word. elaine. >> errol barnett in washington. thank you. there was gunfire in austin, texas, overnight. [ gunfire ] >> one woman killed. four others wounded. someone opened fire on a crowd as people were clearing out of nightclubs. no word yet on a motive. in maryland, at least two people are dead after floodwaters swept through the historic town of ellicott city. >> you have to. >> this was the dramatic scene last night as rapids unin dated the streets. people formed a human chain to rescue a woman. 6 inches of rain fell in two

hours. homes and businesses devastated. new wildfire broke out near fresno, california and quickly burned more than 1,000 acres and forced hundreds from their homes. farther north, a deadly and destructive fire continues to grow near the coastal town of big sur. fires are burning across the west in at least ten states. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

overseas in poland what's known as catholic woodstock ended with tremendous sunday mass. parting word of wisdom from pope francis. seth doan was there. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: well over a million people camped out overnight to catch a glimpse of pope francis. he sped through the crowd under tight security. the pontiff celebrated mass this morning for the faithful who flew flags of the 187 countries they represented. he told them not to see borders as barriers and to reject hatred among people. a message particularly relevant amid europe's migrant crisis. many walked for miles to get to the mass and spent the night praying in an open field.

the pope on saturday warned the faithful against being couch potatoes. in particular, those sofas we have nowadays with a built-in massage unit to put us to sleep. too many young people escape to the world of video games and computer screens instead of being engaged. at one point during the celebrations, the pope asked the masses gathered from so many different countries to hold hands. and to find common humanity. it underlined a message he has had all week, find that which unites not divides. seth doane, thank you. a new harry potter play opened in london this weekend. the new book went on sale overnight. once again, the world is under the wizard's spell. here's demarco morgan. >> reporter: five years after harry potter last worked his

magic at the box office. he is back at a new play and book "harry potter and the cursed child." fans in manhattan waited hours for the midnight book release. >> three, two, one! [ cheers and applause ] >> i have always wanted to know what happens to harry in the future. and not everyone can travel to london to see the play. the book is the next-best option. i have been reading them since i was 12 years old. like part of my childhood. and continues to be part of my childhood. >> reporter: potter fans from new york to london were dressed in character for the debut. and as for the author -- >> feels wonderful. it has been quite a long time obviously since i have been to a potter opening night or premiere. i'm having slight flash backs. >> reporter: the book and play feature harry potter grown up as 37-year-old father of three. some who have seen the play say it is worth every minute. as for the book it appears that j.k. rowling has not lost her

touch. elaine, this book is expected to be the biggest selling book of year. in london the play is sold out through may. >> demarco morgan, thank you. >> a 42-year-old skydiver has made history. luke aikens the first to jump from a plane what a parachute and land on a map. falling 25,000 feet. here is mireya villarreal. >> door is open. here we go. >> reporter: you could call him luke sky jumper. his death defying leap unlike anything any one has seen. beginning at 25,000 feet he soars through the air without a parachute for two minutes. others stay by his side removing his oxygen mask before his final descent. >> there goes the chutes. second later. he hits his mark. a 100 x 100 foot net. his wife and teammates rush to greet him.

>> almost levitatinlevitating. it's incredible. aikens jumping since he was 12 and made more than 1,000 jumps with a parachute. as a father and husband. he said this stunt needed to be more than just a leap of faith. >> there is inherent risk with what i am doing. i feel like a calculated risk. out in the air after you exit the feeling is awesome. no going back. that's the feeling i love. that's what i do this for. mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. >> just north of boston, the town of summerville, massachusetts is divided over a black lives matter sign. it has been up for more than a year. michelle miller tells us why some want it taken down. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: dozens of protesters gathered outside city hall demanding the black lives matter banner out front be taken down. the banner want up a year ago designed to open a conversation about race in the community. but the murders of police in baton rouge and dallas tested the tolerance here.

mike mcgrath heads up the local police union. >> our message is simple, life matters. we don't, we don't necessarily, we don't want to exclude any population of the united states. >> rachel meiselman is a local educator. >> are you for the banner coming down? >> not the banner coming down. >> i thought that banner should definitely come down. the black lives matter movement is predicated on the idea that -- you have police officers in a great number of them that are so consumed by hatred that they would take the life of another. >> that's the whole point of having dialogue. >> black lives matter held its own gathering a mile away. stephanie durante one of thing or nie or -- organizers. >> some of people have to die on camera. i'm sorry i am emotional about the topic. >> some like michael johnson see both sides. >> nobody wants to see a police

officer shot and killed. but yet, black lives matter movement doesn't represent that. i am a totally pro-police. and again i understand the struggle that goes on with black lives matter. >> reporter: the summerville mayor says the sign will not come down. the conversation he says must continue. >> if we are going to be a stronger more civilized society we have to have the conversation. it will be difficult. it will not be easy. we will be stronger in the end for it. >> reporter: a sign of the times in a town divided. michelle miller, cbs news, summerville, massachusetts. up next, a new report find serious health risks from dietary supplements. marcopolo! marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...!

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dietary supplements a $40 billion a year industry in the united states. a new report finds serious health risks. here's dr. tara narula. >> reporter: 43-year-old tattoo artist, bobby and his wife margaret struggled to get pregnant. he decided to try over the counter testosterone supplements. >> i was really bloated. my blood pressure was like

really high. >> within weeks, he wound up in the emergency room. doctors said the supplements the likely culprit. >> i had no idea there were side effects. thought it was like vit mins. >> reporter: one of the roughly 200 million americans taking dietary supplements. today consumer reports identified 15 commonly used supplement ingredients that could be potentially harmful. red yeast rice to lower cholesterol may cause kidney and liver problems. green tea extract powder may elevate blood pressure and cause liver damage. kava to reduce anxiety may exacerbate depression. one area of concern supplements do not undergo rigorous regulatory scrutiny applied to prescription and over the counter medications. dr. peter cohen of harvard. >> supplements look just like these drugs on store shelves. but, the requirements to get a supplement on store shelves is

nothing what it takes to sell aspirin. >> what do you tell your patients? >> this doctor is an internist, she says the doctors and patients often don't discuss supplements which can led to problems. >> how important is it for physicians to ask patients about supplement use? >> most important is to understand why they're take it. if you understand why they're take it. you can steer them in the proper direction. >> the supplement industry says overwhelmingly supplements are safe and play a valuable role. but doctors worry lax regulation and enforcement means products can be contaminated. mislabeled or interact with prescription medication. dr. tara narula, cbs news, new york. >> still ahead. they can't even walk yet. but they are learning how to swim.

as we head into the hot month of

august, plans for the pool and beach, it is important to remember swimming safety. this is especially important for parents of infants and toddlers. molly hall shows us one way to keep your little one safe in the water. >> reporter: when erin terry fell into the pool her parents could not have been happier that's because just second later she floated to the surface and began to swim. >> she is a kicker and a mover. >> reporter: even in a snowsuit. it is all part of her training with certified aquatic survival instructor dinna blum rothman. she says all it takes is a month of lessons for a child to learn to survive in water. her youngest students are just six months old. >> we are rewarding something correct. they start realizing, ooh, she liked when i did that. all of a sudden in a few week, you have a swimmer. >> reporter: according to child safety advocacy groups, safe kids worldwide, drowning is the third leading cause of death among children under the age of

1. blum-rothman says kids can drown in seconds despite adult supervision. >> things happen. you blink. you're distracted. you know, you didn't realize the gate was open. >> reporter: that's why demand for her services keeps growing. it can sometimes be hard for parents to watch their kids go under even in a controlled setting. >> if you are nervous as a parent, get over it. because these are your kids' lives. >> reporter: for the kids, it is just another day at the pool. >> she loves it. loves the water. she is always -- jumping in. splashing. and -- it's a good time. >> reporter: majerle hall, cbs news, millford, connecticut. >> when we return, the next generation of happy campers. ,,,,

finally, a new report says that millenials, 18-35 years old are getting into camping. this generation is changing the way people enjoy the great outdoors. here again is mireya villarreal. >> all right. for these ten friends looking for the perfect camping spot. nothing beats catalina island 20 miles off the california coast. millenials are looking for, unique destinations, will go the extra mile if it affords us an experience that not everyone is having. travel blogger camps around the world posting pictures for more than 8,000 instagram followers. like many millenials part of what drew him to the campsite, the amenitieamenities.

it provides tents and stoves along with stand up paddle boards and kayaks. it also provides easy access to wi-fi. although camping has always been about connecting with nature. for younger campers, it is about staying connected. three out of four millenial campers use social media every day while traveling and seek out activities worth sharing. we want that photo. for me i want it for memories. of course, i think you can generally say we want to post it. and share it to our friend on facebook, instagram, snapchat. >> reporter: for those people that say this is not camping. how do you respond to them? >> i say camping can be whatever you want it to be. i think as long as you are getting into nature. campground of america, the largest system of campground is taking note. they survey thousand of campers for the annual camping report and designing 500 north american campgrounds to include features

younger campers value. toby o'rourke, chief franchise operations officer. what the research tells us, several things millenials are interested, site quality, two being onsite recreation. everything from jumping pillows, swimming pools, miniadventure golf, some have zip lines, definitely wi-fi. >> reporter: for younger campers who aren't ready to invest in outdoor equipment, sites like getoutfitted.com offer gear rental, hipcamp, online air bnb type rental, make it easier to find research unique spots. >> where you find comfortable in the wilderness. as long as you get outside and enjoy nature. i just say go for it. >> reporter: making this the next generation to discover what makes the great outdoors so great. mireya villarreal, catalina island. that's the "cbs overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a

little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. welcome to the overnight news. for months now, health officials have been warning it is just a matter of time before the zika virus makes it to the u.s. mainland. well it is here. in south florida, four zika infections are confirmed to have come from mosquitoes. there could be many more. the virus which is rampant in latin america causes severe birth defects. there is no vaccine and no cure. david begnaud reports. >> reporter: today more than ten teams of disease detectives were canvassing a touristy area, just north of downtown miami. and now identified as the zika zone. the four patients, three men and a woman, were infected in early july. got sick the next week. and diagnosed a few days later.

by interviewing the patients and their friends and family, travel and sex were ruled out as means of transmission. and state disease detectives honed in on one square mile, winwood, as the area they may have been infected. infectious disease doctor eileen majerle was one of the team leaders asking for voluntary urine samples today. >> the door to door urine request allowed the state of florida to make the determination that ongoing mosquito transmission is happening in this specific area. >> what led you to this area to start asking for samples? >> because of where the symptomatic individuals had come from. >> reporter: one symptomatic person, you start door knocking and find other cases. officials believe local transmission began-- the person became infected with zika abroad. traveled to the u.s. the infection stays in the blood

stream for a week. when a local mosquito bites the person with zika and bites some one else the infection is transmitted. zika is particularly dangerous for reg nant wipregnant women. dr. selene phillip is the florida attorney general. >> we understand pregnant women will be very concerned. we have been working closely with the providers in the area to provide zika prevention kits to make sure pregnant women know how to decrease their risk. as part of the investigation. county workers are killing, as well as collecting mosquitoes that can be tested for zika. of all of the mosquitoes test sewed far, none have come back positive for zika. there are pregnant women living in this one-mile area. tonight they're all being told to get tested. >> hillary clinton's campaign continues to blame russia for the hack of the dnc computers. democrats insist moscow released

embarrassing e-mails to help donald trump win the fall election. trump claims he has no connection with the russians. as julianna goldman he has been trying to bring his brand to russia for decades. ♪ ♪ ♪ in another life we would be together this would last forever ♪ >> most americans might not know russian this russian pop star. at the end of the 2013 music video a scene that looks familiar. a cameo from donald trump sitting in a board room. >> you're fired. >> reporter: the son of russian oligarch, a vladamir putin ally worth according to forbes $1.3 billion. they run the crocus group, russian real estate firm that helped bring the miss universe pageant to moscow. >> look at what is going on in russia, moscow, booming, how well it does. >> the 2013 pageant remains trump's most successful venture

in russia. when he returned to the u.s. he said he had a relationship with putin. >> i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin, who could not have been nicer. >> our next president, donald j. trump! >> reporter: three years later, trump changed his tune. >> i never met putin. >> reporter: over the last decade the tycoon had three potential real estate developments in russia but plans never got off the ground. in a 2007 deposition he spoke of plans for a trump international hotel in moscow and meetings pwith russian businessmen. it is ridiculous i wouldn't be investing in russia, trump said. russia is one of the hottest places in the world for investment. >> i will tell you right now, zero, i have nothing to do with russia. >> reporter: russians have bought trump condominiums and partnered in trump developments in manhattan and fort lauderdale, partially financed by the bayrock group that has connections to russian money.

>> wouldn't it be nice if we got along with russia. i am all for it. trump's financial disclosures do not show russian investments. >> i am proud to stand by our allies in nato against any threat they face including from russia. >> reporter: that hasn't stopped the clinton campaign from making an issue of his russian connections. >> i think i get along very well with vladamir putin. >> reporter: from stated fondness of putin and policies to empower the leader and advisers who made millions from russian oligarchs like paul manafort who worked for the ousted ukrainian president. >> mr. trump has no financial relationships with any russian oligarchs. >> that's what he said. that's obviously what our position is. >> reporter: it seems putin is fond of donald trump. he is a very vivid man, very talented, no doubt about that. but this is not up to us to

decide if he is worthy, it is up to the voters in the united states. the russian leader said last december. red light cameras were installed in thousand of communities both as a way to make the streets safer and raise revenue. now a lot of towns are removing the cameras. carter evans reports. >> reporter: the violent crashes caused by red light runners kill more than 700 people a year. lives that could be saved if there were more red light cameras. according to a new study. motor vehicle crashes don't have to be killing and injuring so many people. adrian lund president of insurance institute for highway safety. when people know there is a good chance of getting a ticket for running the light, they're more likely to be paying attention. >> reporter: but after the cameras were the target of complaints including that their primary purpose was to raise revenue. more than 150 sits reremoved them. insurance institute's latest study suggests that might have been a mistake.

it looked at 14 of the cities and found a 30% increase in the rate of fatal accidents at the intersections where the cameras once were. but there still is evidence that cameras don't always work properly. >> i was surprised when the picture shows the car not moving. >> reporter: jessica's $490 red light ticket was thrown out because she did not violate the law. >> reporter: do you think it's possible the cameras could save lives? >> anything is possible. >> reporter: a motor officer turned city count till sillman supported red light cameras but said they weren't necessarily preventing reckless driving. so the city turned them off. >> the problem with the situation was inordinate number of people being cited for a right turn after a stop on the red light. not people blazing through. >> reporter: some of the methods the insurance institute uses to study red light cameras have been criticized in the past. there is also evidence that these cameras can actually

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with the nominating conventions out of the way the presidential campaign is in full swing. our tracker of 11 key states. shows hillary clinton got a two point bounce in the polls after her convention. show leads 43% to 41%. trump faces criticism over his dispairaging remarks over one of the speakers at the caratic convention. khan, a muslim whose son, an army captain was killed in iraq. john dickerson asked paul manafort about this. i want to start with kaiser khan talked about sacrifice. said donald trump had not sacrificed anything. what's the final response from the trump campaign to that? >> look, i mean this is not, mr.

khan, mr. trump and all of us, give him our sympathy and loss of his son. that was a real tragedy. the issue is not mr. khan and donald trump. the issue really its -- you know, radical islamic jihad, and the risk to the american homeland. that's the issue. all of the lives lost in the war over there are tragedy and we all are sorry for it. but what mr. trump has talked about. what really should be the discussion here today is how do we protect our homeland from refugees coming in from areas that are unsafe. and mr. trumpppp has made it very clear for months he believes there need to be a temporary suspension from the areas until we can have a system that can process it. that's the issue. and the second part, is to remember all the lives lost needlessly were lost because of a war that didn't have to be. the iraq situation, when president obama and secretary clinton took office in january

of 2009 was totally different world than today. because of their failed leadership and mistakes they made including sequester terry clinton, secretary of state, you know, isis arose, middle east destablized. war in syria. all this is what we should be talking about. mr. khan went through an enormous loss. he isn't the issue. the issue is the american people are focusing on, the media need to be focused on is to focus on homeland security and how to prosecute the war against isis. >> i hear what you are saying now. when mr. trump was asked about this, the second thing he brought up was that -- mr. khan's wife didn't say anything. why did he think that was important to bring up right away? >> look again these are clinton talking points. >> paul here, brought that up, right away, that was mr. trump's answer? >> but the, focus was not on where it needed to be. on the part of the question. what needed, what need to be focused on is why are we at

risk? what is the war all about? i could get into all of issues mr. khan as mr. trump can. he is not the issue. we feel sorry for what he went through. we have to stop the risk of rd c radical jihad. in their accept speech, mrs. clinton her policy to do that was regurgitating the policy of the obama administration. nothing different there. nothing new is going to happen. mr. trump said we will do it differently. that's what we should be talking about, not mr. khan and his tragedy. for example if you want to get into the narrative. why aren't we talking about the victims who spoke at the republican convention who lost their loved ones to, to illegal immigrant criminals, that shouldn't have been here. we're not talking about that. >> it is a good point. but, lost a son in benghazi. the distinction people would say. hillary clinton didn't talk about patricia smith or in the way mr. trump talked about mrs.

khan. that would be the distinction. mr. trump was asked about mr. khan. he didn't raise mr. khan. the point mr. trumpp continues to focus on is, we need to focus on protecting our homeland security. that's the issue. not the tragedy of the khan family. >> parents who lose children, are referred to as gold star parents. we'll take a deeper look when we return. you are watching the "cbs overnight news."

parents with children servetion serv serving in the military are known as blue star parents. a term that dates to world war i i. parents whose children never return home are gold star parents. many suffer their crushing sadness in silence retreating from family and friend. once a year, hon drepds gather in san francisco to lean on one another. scott pelley reports for "60 minutes." ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in downtown san francisco stands an unusual war memori memorial. looking as it did in the 1920s when it was a hotel and theater. ♪ after world war ii, marines wanted a living memorial. so they transformed this into a club. that today honors all vets. >> i look at this building like

a ship that sails every february. that once we are inside here we are safe, we can be ourselves. we don't have to ex-palestinian to anybody. it is sort of a subliminal language we all understand. >> reporter: mary shay learned the language of loss when her son was killed. it is a language that cannot be translated and so she and her husband bill felt they could no longer be understood. >> reporter: you are kind of cast adrift and you sort of floating nowhere. and you don't know where to go or what to do and there they were. understanding better than we understood the support that we needed. the gathering, the shays attend every year is organized by women who call themselves, the blue star moms of the east bay area. blue stars with sons and daughters who served overseas. about 200 of california's gold stars attend this honor and

remembrance event which begins with the reception. ♪ the next morning, each of the fallen receives a prayer. >> a grateful nation acknowledges your sacrifice and prays for your peace. >> reporter: later gold star parents and counselors lead conversations for smaller groups like single parents and siblings. it's all invitation only, no press. the only pictures we have are from the marines memorial association. part of the hotel has become a memorial wall where every lost loved one since 9/11 is remembered. 6,46 stories.stories. afghanand was iraq his third tour there when hisis.

we were sort of getting ready to go to bed. and i was in the bedroom and then i heard mary's voice. bill, come here right now. come here. come here. come here. and i want out there. as soon as we saw them, we knew what we were facing. >> reporter: saw who? >> saw the soldiers. there is a chaplain. and two other, two other soldiers. who were there to tell us. >> reporter: tim group in northern california. dad, a lawyer. mom a teacher. how often do you come? >> well, i come most every day. and -- just have a little chat with tim. >> reporter: ten years ago at tim's funeral, mary noticed women she had never seen before. >> where did these people come from? why are they here? why do they care? >> reporter: the strangers were blue star moms including nancy.

>> how many funerals have you been to? >> 42 funerals. and each one is difficult. it, it just -- rips your heart out to know that another family their life, their normal is never the same. all of awe i can think of a couple parents offhand. >> deb saunders understood their isolation. >> you can express your sympathy, but you cannot empathize with some one unless you are walking in their shoes. that's what i knew we had to do was somehow gather these folks together that they were better equipped in their journey to help one another. >> together, the gold stars, deb saunders reached out to a tough old leatherneck, retired marine general, mike myatt, president and ceo of marines memorial

association. >> deb saunders a blue star mom. she came to me one day. she said, i'm worried about the gold star moms. we need to provide some kind of comfort for them. >> i knew the general had resources to help us knew it. i also knew he had the heart. that's exactly what this took. >> reporter: heart led maya to order the wall where you see senior airman jonathan yelner. he volunteered after his single mom discovered he was ditching class in college. i said, john than i am going to give you two options because you fooled mommy. you have a choice. navy or air force. pick one. >> yolonda vega thought those were the safer options. he came over and he hugged me and walked away. as he was walking straight to the recruiter, he just went like this. he never looked back. the air force gave him maturity and purpose.

he served in iraq then afghanistan. and there, safe on base, he volunteered for an army patrol. there was a bomb. he was 24. >> i was told that he was killed instantly. thank you, god. yeah. my baby. yolonda barricaded herself behind close friend and family. blue star moms sought her out and she was amazed. >> being a blue star mother coming over to a gold star mother and hugging we are their worst nightmare. and yet, they are so willing to be part of our lives and ensuring our well-being. i couldn't have done it without

them. >> reporter: your eyes light up when you talk about them. i am trying to understand what it was that you found so uplifting, redeeming, about that experience? >> i knew that my son would always be remembered. and that's one of the biggest fears gold star families have. that our children will be forgotten. that's not going to happen. >> reporter: the children, as parents will always call them, are celebrated at tribute tables. their child lives again in every new introduction. >> when tim -- >> reporter: we asked a few families to assemble for us their table top biographies. this is a picture when she was little? >> yes. >> meet alicia good, daughter of claire and paul. a senior airman, armed with what had to be the biggest smile in the air force.

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life can be a journey which steve hartman discovered on the road. >> reporter: this is the story people ask me about more than any other. a story we first told last year. about the house i grew up in and the man who made it. you recognize any of these? my father, george hartman, built this house himself back in 1955. >> sure do. >> reporter: how long were you planning on living here? >> the rest of my life. but when we built this house we didn't kid stairs as a factor when you got old. >> reporter: and so there we were, at that moment, elderly parents and their grown children seem to dread equally. the selling of the family home. >> i prefer to stay. but you haufalso have to realizl good things come to an end. >> reporter: after my mom died

it became increasingly difficult for him to manage on his own. my brother joe and i went to toledo, ohio to pack up his things. >> see what that is? >> what is that? >> my mother's hair when she died. she never got gray hair. you can see. >> i would have taken your word for it. >> reporter: we spent a couple days trying to help dad with his downsizing. >> i don't want to throw anything away like that. >> okay. >> reporter: which at times felt like same sizing. >> shoehorn? >> yeah. >> i was looking for that? >> reporter: when pressed the only things that truly mattered centered on either his faith. >> rosary. >> yeah. >> reporter: or family. >> i love you, dad, happy valentine's day. >> throw that away? >> no. >> reporter: a house that raised a family is so much more than wood and shingles. it's home to almost every memory of our younger lives. it is in the background of everything we were and helped make us who we are. it is where we learned to feel safe, sound, and sometimes even

invincible. yes, technically, a house its just a place, but at times like this, it sure feels more like a person. my dad moved from here to a senior living facility near lie other brother mike in atlanta. where i recent lely visited. >> i get e-mails people asking how you are doing? >> they do? what do you call a lot of e-mails? >> hundred. >> huh? how come you don't ever send me any? >> oh. >> reporter: as you can tell he is the same old dad. he got to keep his dog which mattered most to him. not a single stair in the place. which mattered most to us. and as for his fans, he told me he appreciates all of you who asked about him. >> tell them i am still alive. >> okay. >> what are they going to say when i drop over dead? >> reporter: steve hartman on the road in atlanta. >> that's the "cbs overnight news" for this monday.

for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning n ns and it's monday, august 1st, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." in donald trump's latest war of words, it's a fallen soldier's parents caught in the crosshairs. but the muslim family is firing back, calling trump a black soul, unfit for the white house. >> that's again height of ignorance on the part of a candidate for the highest office of this nation. >> and now top republicans have their own rebuttal for trump. this morning we're learning more about the 16 people killed in a hot air balloon crash in texas.